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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Guerra v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 501 A.2d 786 (1985)

Citation
Guerra v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 501 A.2d 786 (1985)
Parent Document
Guerra v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 501 A.2d 786 (1985)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1985-12-05

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Petitioner seeks review of a decision of the Rental Housing Commission that held certain rent increases effected by her landlord to be proper under the Rental Housing Act of 1980, D.C. Code §§ 45-1501 through 45-1597 (1981), and dismissed her claims for treble damages and a rollback in the rent. Among her several assignments of error, petitioner contends that the Commission erred in allowing a vacancy increase in the rent ceiling under D.C. Code § 45-1524(a) when one tenant terminated her lease and another began her tenancy under a new lease, but petitioner, as subtenant to both tenants, never surrendered possession of the apartment. We agree and reverse, and therefore do not reach petitioner’s other claims of error. I